Trump's decision to ease sanctions on Russian fuel has drawn growing bipartisan backlash in Congress, where a group of 12 US senators — six Republicans and six Democrats — sent a letter urging him to rescind the agreement and Treasury's General License No. 135, which authorizes Russian diesel transactions through April 7, 2027. Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Moscow and Washington are negotiating supply contracts and that Russian diesel exports could reach 3 million to 3.5 million metric tons a month, or about 750,000 to 875,000 BPD, by year end.
Under the Oct. 9 agreement, Trump said Russia would supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel immediately, 500,000 tons in November, 1 million tons thereafter and up to 3 million tons later depending on refinery conditions. Two days later, Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire that Zelenskyy said was "news for me" and that Russia followed within two hours with a cruise missile attack on Kharkiv's CHP-5 thermal power plant.